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The media exist for sole purpose of fomenting hate and discontent
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This is a very jaundiced view. The media does broadcast with a single purpose aimed at profit, what they broadcast is meant to sell advertising by holding their audience's attention. This is why when we see the news anywhere it will include up front the pictures of burning buildings, dramatic crashes or catastrophic events, like they say in the news, "if it bleeds it leads".
If you have a story about a suspected Pakistani terrorist in the US and pitch it leading with a lengthy cautionary analysis of the potential interpretations for the circumstances explaining the suspicions, it becomes much less interesting or likely to hold anyone's attention. If instead you can show some pictures of exotic places allegedly visited, some shots of exploding car bombs and maybe some scary-looking Pakistani terrorists, then its more likely people will keep watching and maybe see the broadcaster's advertisers. This isn't something advertisers do to "sell" the public government policy, endorse the FBI's practices or convince them Muslims are terrorists.